The Book Café - 17/01/2011

160 years after the publication of Moby Dick we talk to the writer of the first novel ever written about the life of its troubled and mercurial author, Herman Melville. Jay Parini made a splash with his account of the extraordinary last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, The Last Station, which was made into a hit film starring Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren. We'll be asking him about the challenges and pleasures of bringing a famous author to life in fiction. Songs inspired by books - from Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights to The Rolling Stones' Sympathy for the Devil, broadcaster and record producer John Cavanagh and rock and pop critic Fiona Shepherd give us their picks of the best. The National Library of Scotland is offering members of the public the chance to adopt a manuscript by some of the world's most famous authors. We've been to take a closer look at the personal documents of Lord Byron, Charles Darwin, David Livingstone and Walter Scott. And we hear about the book trolley that's brightening up the morning commute of the passengers using a small train station in the east of Glasgow. Produced by Serena Field.